Overview

• Authorities say the confrontation occurred around 4:40 a.m. Monday on VFW Memorial Drive outside the Roseville Police Department.
• A 36-year-old driver in a silver Pontiac G5 rear-ended a fully marked police SUV as an officer was preparing to leave on a call.
• Police report the man exited with a knife, ignored commands to drop it, and advanced toward officers before two of them fired and struck him.
• The man was taken to a local hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, according to the sheriff’s office.
• The officer in the struck cruiser sustained minor injuries, two officers who fired were uninjured, and the area was taped off for evidence collection through the afternoon.